by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Doctors are the only professionals in our society who are not free to repackage and reprice their services. If demand changes, if technology changes, if new information becomes available, every other professional is free to offer a different bundle of services to the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senator John Hoeven (R–ND) recently introduced the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act (DEJA), which would greatly expand access to energy and simplify burdensome regulations that prevent projects from coming online in a timely manner. While the legislation could be improved...
by Jane Richey | Aug 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Pitchfork-wielding Virginia farmers rallied to support a woman who claims local officials came down on her for, among other things, hosting a children’s birthday party on her spread. Martha Boneta, owner of Liberty Farms in the northern village of Paris, was...
by Jane Richey | Aug 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
President Barack Obama said in two separate speeches in Colorado Thursday that what he did with the auto industry – a taxpayer bailout followed by bankruptcy and restructuring — “we can do it in manufacturing across America.” This comes just a month after...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama has requested over half-a-billion dollars for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs that provide housing assistance to homeless or HIV-positive people in drug treatment. For the Fiscal Year 2013 National Drug Control budget,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Biofuels opponents amplified calls Friday to the Obama administration to end a national corn ethanol requirement following the release of disappointing crop yield estimates. Agriculture Department predictions for corn supplies came in lower than expected in its...